The 10th Commandment

chapter 57

CHAPTER 57

SYDNEY’S P.O.V

Saya berlari menuju ke ruang emergency hospital.

“Hol!” I called out as I saw Holland crying in mom’s arms…

Semua ahli keluarga saya dan the Ongs berada di ruangan yang sama… kedengaran tangisan dan raungan saat ini…

Rara berlari ke arah Bella, kedua-dua wanita yang sangat saya sayang sedang berpelukan…

“this is not real…” saya bergumam sendiri… “no…”

I walked up to London…
“how?” itu saja saya mampu bertanya…

Mata London memerah…
“it’s under investigation…”

“could it be intentional?” saya tanya, air mata membasahi pipi saya… I couldn’t stand the cries and wails any longer… saya seakan mau menutup kedua-dua telinga saya… argh!

“you know how we work…” London berkata dengan suram… “we consider it as a crime first, accident later…”

“Ronald is on the job?” saya tanya lagi…
“he should be…” London bilang sambil menunduk… “Holland’s his boss…”

Saya mengangguk… I felt a lump in my throat… susah untuk saya menanyakan…
“Jojie? Nat… Nathan?”

London mendongak, kami saling bertatapan dengan penuh rasa hiba…
“the autopsies… completed 2 hours ago…”

Saya menarik nafas tajam… sesak dada… London sambung…
“th… they will be… crem… cremated…”

Cremated? their bodies must be charred beyond recognition caused by the explosion… anak-anak buah saya tidak akan dikebumikan secara traditional… I couldn’t pay my last respect by seeing their angelic faces… their bodies terpaksa dibakar menjadi abu… there will be no coffins…

Was it only yesterday Jojie asked for Barbie for her birthday? was it only yesterday I chased Nathan around the pool garden? baru semalam dorang bermanja sama saya…

Sangat terpukul saya rasa selepas kehilangan our twins, sekarang kehilangan kedua-dua anak buah saya…

Jojie was the first grandchild in the family… she was our first love… and then comes Nathan… the first grandson in the family… the first 3rd generation that will carry the Robinson name down to his bloodline… 

“why did they have to go to school on a Saturday, Don?” I didn’t know why that question clicked in my mind in between my sobs…

London menatap saya tajam… Jojie is in year 2, in an international school… Nat is in playschool, the same school as Jojie…
“We’ll ask Hol once he’s calmed a little…”

“How’s Thania’s condition?” saya memejam mata… naik sudah migraine saya…

“bad… 4th degree burns…” London sighed heavily… “if she goes through, she’ll be paralyzed…”

Dahi saya menempel di dinding… I just need to cry… saya terasa seseorang merangkul pinggang saya dari belakang… tubuh dia turut bergetar dalam tangisan…

I hope this is an accident… because if it’s not, I wouldn’t think twice to kill perpetrator… saya tidak akan melepaskan si pelaku kalau kejadian ini adalah sesuatu yang disengajakan…!

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Keesokan harinya, Thania dilaporkan masih dalam keadaan coma dan tidak dibenarkan melawat…

Jojie and Nathan’s cremation took place in Taman Century… but then their ashes tidak terus di kebumikan in the tomb… they were brought back to Holland and our house, the place that they grew up in… as their last destination before heaven…